
Part 1 of 2 A true jewel that represents Denmark's greatest cultural heritage, in her true globe-sailing Viking sense --- her multicultural people -- Christiania is the most ethnically integrated place in this tiny land of 5 million. Christiania is also Denmark's 2nd most popular tourist attraction. It all began in 1971, when several hundred Vietnam War /environmental protesters, homeless youth and students -- seeking shelter from the storm of a tiny nation of great paradox in wealth -- squatted an 85-acre abandoned naval station between two canals in the heart of the Christianshavn borough of Copenhagen. Christianshavn is one of the places that King Christian IV beautified in the 16th century, modeling the architecture after seeing Amsterdam. It is now worth $billions. From out of the creative genius of the original settlers and those that would come later, military barracks were remodeled, homes were built from out of scrap, families who listened to the sound of another drummer nurtured children forth, and an egalitarian principle of no one having any special power succeeded in surviving 40 years of hot political debate and police efforts to normalize the community, or evict them. Or at least to stop the illegal but open marijuana/hash market in what¨s called, Pusher Street. This section - mostly filmed on August 3, 2011 - begins at Copenhagen City Hall Plaza (Rådhuspladsen) and meanders by bicycle into the heart of Freetown Christiania, often considered a natural <b>...</b>
Oprah
Christiania
denmark
bent
lorentzen
copenhagen
københavn
silence
egalitarian
wealth
peace
homeless
war
hash
marijuana
cocaine
heroin
greenland
viking
raadhuset
strøget
bicycle
culture
ehtnic
society